# Imogene Pass

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**Imogene Pass** is a 13,114-foot (3,997-metre) high [mountain pass](/source/Mountain_pass) in the [San Juan Mountains](/source/San_Juan_Mountains) in the southwest part of the [US](/source/United_States) state of [Colorado](/source/Colorado).

It crosses a ridge connecting [Ouray, Colorado](/source/Ouray,_Colorado) with [Telluride, Colorado](/source/Telluride,_Colorado), and is the highest mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains, and the second highest vehicular mountain crossing in [Colorado](/source/Colorado). The road is accessible by [four wheel drive](/source/Four_wheel_drive) vehicles, and is not for the novice driver.

From Ouray, the road turns off the road to [Yankee Boy Basin](/source/Yankee_Boy_Basin) above the [Camp Bird Mine](/source/Camp_Bird_Mine) near the [ghost town](/source/Ghost_town) of [Sneffels](/source/Sneffels,_Colorado) southwest of Ouray, and climbs through Imogene Basin to the summit.

From Telluride, the road takes off north of downtown and climbs past the [ghost town](/source/Ghost_town) of [Tomboy](/source/Tomboy,_Colorado) through Savage Basin to the summit.

The first long distance [alternating current](/source/Alternating_current) [power line](/source/Electric_power_transmission) was constructed over Imogene Pass to carry power from the Telluride area to the [Camp Bird Mine](/source/Camp_Bird_Mine).

"[Fort Peabody](/source/Fort_Peabody)" was constructed in 1904 by a local unit of the [Colorado National Guard](/source/Colorado_National_Guard) on top of the pass to prevent union miners from crossing during a labor strike.

An annual foot race is held over the pass between Ouray and Telluride on the first Saturday following [Labor Day](/source/Labor_Day). The grueling 17-mile (27-kilometre) race starts at around 7,800 ft (2,400 m) before cresting the pass at its peak, an elevation gain of just over a mile.

## External links

- [Treknow.com: Map of the Imogene Pass area of the San Juan Mountains](http://www.treknow.com/colorado/backroads/southwest/imogene_pass.htm)
- [USGS TopoZone.com listing for Imogene Pass](https://www.topozone.com/colorado/ouray-co/gap/imogene-pass/)

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